Work suddenly went quiet

[openspaceman]

30 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

Interviewing, and competent. That's me fecked again.

Yeah Bob's post nearly brought me out of retirement till I read that bit.

 

Now about tomorrow...

[eggsarascal]

29 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

 

 

Now about tomorrow...

I'm not sure if he thought I was joking, or if he thinks I would cause insubordination in the ranks.

[treevolution]

How people finding work at present. 

 

I noticed a drop in quoting the last few weeks but I have put it down to all the news on the cost of living.

 

Got work booked in but just seems a bit quiet for this time of year. 

[rapalaman]

Enquiries have definitely slowed down but still booking for early May. Stumpgrinding has certainly gone quiet - got nothing in the pipeline as I’ve been undercut on the last two I quoted. Less stressful not being chased all the time is the upside 👍

[Ty Korrigan]

Enquiries have dropped right off but as I was already stretched to breaking I'm actually relieved.

I was planning on working a two-three day week until September in order to work on our future home.

 

[Stere]

Thats an impressive room

 

Interesting lintel design

[Ty Korrigan]

21 minutes ago, Stere said:

Thats an impressive room

 

Interesting lintel design

The door lintel has 1635 engraved on it.

We think that date is correct but the stones and beams are from a tower house or manor.

The neighbour has a garderobe longdrop but walled off inside.

I'm about to put those slate fixing skills to the test as I've 80m+ of roof waiting for my attention.

 

[Gardenscape]

Buckle up because it's going to get worse. Less people calling and when I do quote my success rate has dropped off. It's obvious why and that's because living costs have rocketed. Difficult choices are being made and I don't suppose tree work is a priority at the moment. I worry for the ones with teams of lads to find work for and big finance bills to pay. 

[Jaarkeal]

I'm glad it wasn't just me thinking "is my phone connection broken?".......

Very quiet with people definitely wanting cheaper work.

[Dan Maynard]

March April usually pick up for me after a Christmas lull, hard to detect the increase this year.